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Summertime concerts in the park, NEMBAFest Mountain Bike Festival, The Annual Burke Fall Festival, WinterBike.... events of all sorts happen in and around Burke. Moonlit snowshoe treks, live music performances, seasonal parades, craft fairs, Open Studios weekend, snowmobile drag races...it's all here! To keep up to date on local happenings and special deals, sign up for the monthly Burke enewsletter.

From October - March, enjoy ice skating at Chester Arena - check their website for Public Skate times and other events.

The Catamount Arts Center in St. Johnsbury also features a range of events every week including independent film showings, classic films, theater, opera performances, live music as well as classes and workshops for all ages. Check out their Events Calendar to see what's going on.

February 2015

Trivia Night. The Stage Food and Music is on a mission to deliver fresh handcrafted food, local microbrews and great local music to the Northeast Kingdom of VT. Wholesome atmosphere and experience is at center Stage here in Lyndonville VT.

Tickets: $18 Adults, $15 Members, $6 Students. At the palace, the royal family and their guests are gathered for Prince Siegfried’s birthday celebrations. In a majestic ceremony, Siegfried is made a knight; young girls try to attract his attention, as he must choose a wife during the ball. Overcome by the sudden awareness of his future responsibilities, he escapes into the night and meets a strange flock of swans by a magical lake.

White swan by day, human by night, the beautiful Odette awaits an oath of true love to break the curse. The great legend of the enigmatic swan/woman is one of the most romantic classical ballets, appropriately set in the era of courtly romance and characterized by elegance, style and harmony.

With Tchaikovsky’s famous, lyrical score, Swan Lake depicts the tragic love between Princess Odette and Prince Siegfried, and will no doubt be performed to perfection by the unparalleled virtuosity of Russia’s great Bolshoi Ballet. This universal and enchanting masterpiece of love, deception and drama is a must.

No Cover Charge. Join us in the Bear Den for Pizza Night! We'll be featuring live music by the acoustic duo, Bobbie and Me, performing classic songs you've all come to know and love, as well as current ones, in their own special style. Come enjoy their unique guitar playing, vocal harmonies, and renditions of your favorite tunes over Pizza!

Autumn Attic Groove performs. The Stage Food and Music is on a mission to deliver fresh handcrafted food, local microbrews and great local music to the Northeast Kingdom of VT. Wholesome atmosphere and experience is at center Stage here in Lyndonville VT.

This will be an ADVANCED PACE ride lasting 1-2 ...hours. The ride will leave at 5:30 from the shop. Bike rentals available for the ride for $30. We also have headlight demos available (call to reserve). Join us for the ride and then grab a beer and a bite @ Juniper's at the Wildflower Inn afterward.

Karaoke night! The Stage Food and Music is on a mission to deliver fresh handcrafted food, local microbrews and great local music to the Northeast Kingdom of VT. Wholesome atmosphere and experience is at center Stage here in Lyndonville VT.

The auction is our biggest fundraiser of the year and it is also a lot of fun! Certainly not a black-tie affair, but still a fun occasion to clean up and dress up to a degree above what we typically do, the auction is an event to attend even if you don't expect to be a "big bidder." Community members can browse and mingle over generous hors d'oeuvres and libations. The event feels like a party, and we only ask for a donation of $10/person or $15/couple to register. Donated items for bidding traditionally have ranged from the practical to the fanciful, and you can find a bargain on a cord of wood as well as exclusive once-a-year auction-only finds like the Gairs' famed whiskey cakes. There have traditionally been live and silent components to the auction. So that we adults can relax and really enjoy ourselves, we request that children stay home or head to school, where we anticipate that there will be babysitting available. Eighth graders will be working the event as servers, display models, and overall helpers.

James Gingue and Raized on Radio performs. The Stage Food and Music is on a mission to deliver fresh handcrafted food, local microbrews and great local music to the Northeast Kingdom of VT. Wholesome atmosphere and experience is at center Stage here in Lyndonville VT.

Q Burke Mountain Resort recognizes our season pass holders as ambassadors of the resort both on and off the mountain and let's just say - WE APPRECIATE YOU! Year after year you consistently dedicate the majority of your ski-time to our trails and for that, we thank you.

Let us take this opportunity to invite you to attend our Season Pass Holder Appreciation Weekend Saturday, February 7th and Sunday February 8th. Un-ironically, we have scheduled our Town Hall Meeting for Saturday, February 7th from 5:30-7:30pm in our Kingdom Cafe. While our present conditions are fantastic, we wanted to get together as a community and discuss our strategies relating to snowmaking and general operations, since the beginning of the season.

Details of the appreciation weekend:

Bring your family and/or friends to guest services on Saturday, Feb 7th and/or Sunday, Feb 8th to receive 1/2 price full day lift ticket! SPH must be present for family member or friend to receive discounted ticket price. Valid for day of purchase only.

Friday, February 6th

9pm - midnight Live Music in the Tamarack: The Bad Sky (no cover charge)

8:30am Registration for the Bell-to-Bell Race ($25.00 for team of two). Racers should meet by 8:45am at Mid Burke Express Lift to discuss routes and rules. Teams will then load by bib # order beginning at 9am to start the race. Last chair load will be at 3:59pm (or when lift closes).

The Seth Sawyer Band, from Tunbridge, Vermont, will be the featured performers at the upcoming Catamount Bluegrass Jam at 7 pm Saturday, February 7, in the Cabaret at Catamount Arts on Eastern Avenue in St. Johnsbury. The popular monthly bluegrass showcase is free and open to the public. Seth Sawyer, the founder of the Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival, one of the largest summer festivals in Vermont, heads a four member band that also includes Dave “Tex” Orlomoski on banjo, Dave Shaw on fiddle and Candi Sawyer on bass. No reservations are needed for the evening. Refreshments will be available.

Ever wonder how many runs you can earn during the course of the day? Well FIND OUT and enter our Bell-to-Bell Race scheduled for Sunday, February 8th.

Register to race by 8:30am on Sunday, February 8th at the Mid Burke Lodge to receive your course instructions and bib. Racers should meet at 8:45am at Mid Burke Express Lift to discuss routes and rules. Teams will then load by bib # order beginning at 9am to start the race. Last chair load will be at 3:59pm (or when lift closes).

Special lane at MBX will be established so racers can load directly on chair for each lap.

Judges will be strategically placed at the top of each trail to verify teams are taking the proper routes. All teams will be skiing East Bowl first, then following the preset course which will be outlined during registration.

$25.00 to register Team of Two

Pre-register at Guest Relations (802) 626-7300 or register day of. All racers must be registered by 8:30am, Sunday February 8th. Team registration price of $25.00 is in addition to a day ticket purchase.

Trivia Night. The Stage Food and Music is on a mission to deliver fresh handcrafted food, local microbrews and great local music to the Northeast Kingdom of VT. Wholesome atmosphere and experience is at center Stage here in Lyndonville VT.

Open Mic night. The Stage Food and Music is on a mission to deliver fresh handcrafted food, local microbrews and great local music to the Northeast Kingdom of VT. Wholesome atmosphere and experience is at center Stage here in Lyndonville VT.

Autumn Attic Groove performs. The Stage Food and Music is on a mission to deliver fresh handcrafted food, local microbrews and great local music to the Northeast Kingdom of VT. Wholesome atmosphere and experience is at center Stage here in Lyndonville VT.

This will be an ADVANCED PACE ride lasting 1-2 ...hours. The ride will leave at 5:30 from the shop. Bike rentals available for the ride for $30. We also have headlight demos available (call to reserve). Join us for the ride and then grab a beer and a bite @ Juniper's at the Wildflower Inn afterward.

Karaoke night! The Stage Food and Music is on a mission to deliver fresh handcrafted food, local microbrews and great local music to the Northeast Kingdom of VT. Wholesome atmosphere and experience is at center Stage here in Lyndonville VT.

Don & Jenn and Buzzkill Abby perform. The Stage Food and Music is on a mission to deliver fresh handcrafted food, local microbrews and great local music to the Northeast Kingdom of VT. Wholesome atmosphere and experience is at center Stage here in Lyndonville VT.

Grab your sweatheart and bring them to the Tamarack Pub & Grill for a special Valentine's Day Dinner!

$75.00 Dinner for Two includes: Champagne Toast and selections from our 3-course Menu

$100.00 Dinner & Comedy for Two. After dinner head down to the Kingdom Cafe to enjoy Comedy Stop #6: The Audacity of Cupidity.

Reservations for 4pm, 6pm, or 8pm seating can be made by calling Guest Services (802) 626-7300. Payment required to reserve table. Dinner & Comedy packages are available for the 4pm and 6pm seatings only to ensure you are finished by show time.

Trivia Night. The Stage Food and Music is on a mission to deliver fresh handcrafted food, local microbrews and great local music to the Northeast Kingdom of VT. Wholesome atmosphere and experience is at center Stage here in Lyndonville VT.

Open Mic night. The Stage Food and Music is on a mission to deliver fresh handcrafted food, local microbrews and great local music to the Northeast Kingdom of VT. Wholesome atmosphere and experience is at center Stage here in Lyndonville VT.

No Cover Charge. Join us in the Bear Den for Pizza Night! We'll be featuring live music by the acoustic duo, Bobbie and Me, performing classic songs you've all come to know and love, as well as current ones, in their own special style. Come enjoy their unique guitar playing, vocal harmonies, and renditions of your favorite tunes over Pizza!

Autumn Attic Groove performs. The Stage Food and Music is on a mission to deliver fresh handcrafted food, local microbrews and great local music to the Northeast Kingdom of VT. Wholesome atmosphere and experience is at center Stage here in Lyndonville VT.

This will be an ADVANCED PACE ride lasting 1-2 ...hours. The ride will leave at 5:30 from the shop. Bike rentals available for the ride for $30. We also have headlight demos available (call to reserve). Join us for the ride and then grab a beer and a bite @ Juniper's at the Wildflower Inn afterward.

Karaoke night! The Stage Food and Music is on a mission to deliver fresh handcrafted food, local microbrews and great local music to the Northeast Kingdom of VT. Wholesome atmosphere and experience is at center Stage here in Lyndonville VT.

$60 per couple/$35 per person in advance. $70 per couple/$40 per person on day of event. Advance ticket purchase by February 15th appreciated.
Ticket price includes wine tasting, hors d'oeuvres, chocolate tasting, live music and art showcase.

Mix & Mingle & Enjoy a night out to sample fine wines & chocolate while meeting local artists and viewing their work including photography, paintings, wood carvings and sculptures.

A professional sommelier from Vermont Wine Merchants will be offering wines from across the globe along with extensive knowledge about the selections. Delicious hors d'oeuvres to compliment the wine offerings will be prepared by Robert Adams, Executive Chef of Vermont Food Truck Company and former Executive Chef of the Tamarack Grill. Local Chocolatiers, Burke Mountain Confectionery, will be offering samples of their decadent truffles and peppermint bark. Local musician, Jean Charles, will perform throughout the evening.

There will also be a raffle at the event featuring work from the artists and a chance to win a $100 gift certificate towards the purchase of work from one of the exhibitors.

Tickets can be purchased by contacting the Burke Area Chamber of Commerce at 802-626-4124 or burkechamber@burkevermont.com.

Tickets are also available online at www.catamountarts.org or in person at Catamount Arts, 115 Eastern Ave in St. Johnsbury.

Shatterbox and Cobalt Blue perform. The Stage Food and Music is on a mission to deliver fresh handcrafted food, local microbrews and great local music to the Northeast Kingdom of VT. Wholesome atmosphere and experience is at center Stage here in Lyndonville VT.

The US Winter Swimming Association is a recently formed non-profit organization with the mission to promote the sport of winter swimming in the United States. Winter swimming is extremely popular in countries with colder climates and competitions in Russia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Estonia and China. Even Great Britain and South Africa events typically draw hundreds of swimmers. Over 1,000 swimmers competed in the 2014 Winter Swimming World Championships which were held in Lapland, Finland this past February. In the US, interest in winter swimming has been growing over the past five years. The USWSA was formed to make these competitions available in the United States.

We are excited to announce that on February 21, 2015, the first sanctioned Winter Swimming Championship in North America will be held in Newport, Vermont on beautiful Lake Memphremagog in accordance with rules of the International Winter Swimming Association and in collaboration with Kingdom Games. 25, 50, and 100 meter races – On Lake Memphremagog in downtown Newport.

Racers step it up this year in a USSMA sanctioned race with 4,300 foot vertical gain and lots of fun transitions. If you are new to the sport, try the recreation class with a 2,000 foot vertical gain. Dynafit Demo station and discounted lift tickets available for racers. Sweet prizes awarded for speed, spirit, and participation.

Trivia Night. The Stage Food and Music is on a mission to deliver fresh handcrafted food, local microbrews and great local music to the Northeast Kingdom of VT. Wholesome atmosphere and experience is at center Stage here in Lyndonville VT.

Open Mic night. The Stage Food and Music is on a mission to deliver fresh handcrafted food, local microbrews and great local music to the Northeast Kingdom of VT. Wholesome atmosphere and experience is at center Stage here in Lyndonville VT.

Autumn Attic Groove performs. The Stage Food and Music is on a mission to deliver fresh handcrafted food, local microbrews and great local music to the Northeast Kingdom of VT. Wholesome atmosphere and experience is at center Stage here in Lyndonville VT.

This will be an ADVANCED PACE ride lasting 1-2 ...hours. The ride will leave at 5:30 from the shop. Bike rentals available for the ride for $30. We also have headlight demos available (call to reserve). Join us for the ride and then grab a beer and a bite @ Juniper's at the Wildflower Inn afterward.

Cost: FREE. NorthWoods Stewardship Center will host a winter tracking presentation appropriate for the whole family. Participants will gain a new perspective on Vermont’s resident winter animals, their habitat and behaviors, and tips and techniques for spotting their tracks and signs in the winter environment. Tracking is more than just identifying prints! Trackers must learn to think and act like the animal they are following. After an indoor presentation, join NorthWoods for an optional outdoor walk from the Library where we’ll practice some tracking of our own.

Ana D'Leon and Lefty Yunger Band perform. The Stage Food and Music is on a mission to deliver fresh handcrafted food, local microbrews and great local music to the Northeast Kingdom of VT. Wholesome atmosphere and experience is at center Stage here in Lyndonville VT.